Tooth-brush.



N. E. PAINB.

TOOTH BRUSH.

APPLICATION ZILED JAN. 20, 1912.

LQQMM o Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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NATHANIEL EMMONS IPAINE, OF WEST NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOTH-BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23, 1913..

Application filed January 20, 1912. Serial No. 872,886.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL EMMoNs PAINE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of West Newton, in the county of Middlesex andCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tooth -Brushes, of which the following is a full andclear description.

The object of this invention is the construction of a tooth cleansing,polishing de vice which shall be capable of thoroughly performing thistask and of removing all accumulations from between the teeth, and whichcan be manufactured at so low a cost as to warrant its being thrown awayafter one or two employments.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a tooth brush embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the removable cleansing part alone. Fig. 3 is a sidesectional view of the latter. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the handle alone.Fig. 5 is a side view. of the handle,

The handle 1 of this article is, as illus trated in Figs. 51: and 5,preferably somewhat thin and longitudinally curved, with a hole 2 at oneend by means of which to suspend the same from any suitable hook orother device. The curvature is designed to keep the brush portion fromcontact with the wall or other surface against which the same issuspended.

The brush portion consists of a fabric pocket 3 having a pile 4 woventhereon alon one surface, the pocket being designed for t e reception ofthe end 5 of said handle; the pocket being retained thereon by impalingits fibers upon the stud 6. This fabric pocket is preferably woven fromsilk, cotton or linen thread, and its pile is formed and cut in theusual manner, except that the wires over which the pile is formed are ofdifferent vertical dimensions in order to produce the serratedarrangement shown. For more readily doing this, I prefer to slit theterminal portion of the pocket, as at 7, and to separately impale theflaps 9 upon said stud, either forcing the latter between the fibers ofthe fabric, or providing the same with small holes punched therein. Thepile 4 is formed of unequal heights in order to give it a ribbed orserrated contour, and thereby enable the same better to reach betweenthe teeth and into the other inter stices thereof and so more thoroughlycleanse the mouth. The fibrous material employed in the weaving of saidpocket and pile should be of a comparatively resistant and inflexiblenature in order better to perform the function of a brush.

After the teeth have been thoroughly cleansed through the agency of theserrated pile the surface of the teeth may be given a final polish byrubbing them with the back 10 of the fabric pocket.

After one or more uses, the fabric may be pulled off and thrown away ordestroyed.

What I claim as my invention and for which I desire Letters Patent is asfollows, to wit A tooth cleansing device comprising a handle, formedwith a flattened end and a narrowed neck, and a fabric woven in the formof a pocket fitting -said flattened end and having a pile upon one sidethereof, the outer or open end of said pocket being slit to enable saidend to be tightened about said neck by overlap ing the edges of theslit, and means for I 4 edges in place, whereby said pocket is el inplace on said handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention, I have hereunto setmy hand this 28th day of December, 1911.

NATHANIEL EMMON'S PAINEV Witnesses:

NATHANIEL E. PAINE, Jr., A. B. UPHAM.

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